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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Rautavaara has find a great success in this last years, in my opinion, a real merited success for this Finnish composer. For those who don't like serialist or modernist music, but like the XX impressionistic tendencies, Rautavaara could be his man.
Symphony no.7 is a mystical work, magic and mysterious. Orchestration is superb, as all of Rautavaara's works, and there will be something warm inside you after listening this work.
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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Mind-Blowing: pristine and emotionally amazing.
4 May 2000
Format:Audio CD
With his Seventh Symphony, Rautavaara achieves a level of musical mastery beyond any living composer. This piece has it all: advanced "cyclic" form (as in Mahler), balance beyond belief, orchestration crafted delicately and powerfully, and themes conceived so pristinely as to make every composer jealous. The slow movement of "Angel of Light" is amazingly beatiful, as is the entire piece. But my reaction to the 3rd movement of this astounding work was unlike any I've ever had. I could feel my mind growing to percieve this wonderous music. I could not move- I couldn't do anything save listen. It was one of the most incredible experiences of my life. Now you might think that that is a bit over-the-top, but you have not heard this music. I immensely recommend this to all of you. IF I could live with just one piece of music- this would be it.
23 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Reply to, "Hmmm....thoughts anyone?"
6 May 2000
Format:Audio CD
Yes, this symphony is very seductive. I don't believe it is hollow. The very first time I heard it in 1996 in New York City, I knew that I had to have it. And each time I listen to it, I am amazed, mystified, and awe-struck at the sheer strangeness of it. It is indeed a musical angel full of light. The Annunciations is truly one unique piece of music. The way this music gripped me was so intense that I truly thought I was having a heart attack, at 20 yrs of age no less! This came about when the pipe organ was suddenly turned off, with the sound swirling around like a fiery breath. Really, no words can describe the way this music moves me with each listen...SIMPLY STUNNING! So no, don't feel guilty listening to it. Absorb it with all the passion that music affords humankind with.
14 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Genius.
29 Dec 1999
Format:Audio CD
Orchestration: brilliant. Music: superb. Easily of of the greatest symphonies of all time. In "Angel of Light" (Symphony No. 7), Rautavaara strikes gold. In a time where most living composers will be forgotten, he stands apart. With this CD, anyone can have a taste of the future that music will have. And a bright future it is. Highly recommended. Five stars.
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